Birifor people
Appearance
Birifo, Malba | |
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Total population | |
200,000 (est.) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso | |
Languages | |
Southern Birifor ,Northern Birifor, French | |
Religion | |
Christianity, and Traditional African religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Dagaaba, Mossi people |
The Birifor people (also Birifo or Malba) are an ethnic group of about 200,000 in West Africa, primarily located in northern Ghana, southern Burkina Faso, and northern Côte d'Ivoire.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kwame Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates, Jr., eds. (2005). "Birifor". Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 468. ISBN 978-0-19-517055-9.